Bill Text: SC S1002 | 2013-2014 | 120th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Fairfield County School District

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-08 - Act No. 306 [S1002 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2013-S1002-Amended.html

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INTRODUCED

February 18, 2014

S. 1002

Introduced by Senator Coleman

L. Printed 2/18/14--H.

Read the first time February 18, 2014.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND ACT 191 OF 1991, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO REVISE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY ARE ELECTED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Act 191 of 1991, as last amended by Act 431 of 2002, is further amended by adding a new section after Section 1 to read:

"Section    1A.    (A)    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of this act, beginning with school trustee elections held at the time of the 2014 general election, vacancies on the seven-member Board of Trustees of the School District of Fairfield County must be filled in the manner provided by law from the seven single-member districts as defined on the Board of Trustees of the School District of Fairfield County map S-39-00-14, as maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board, or its successor. Members must be elected one trustee each from the seven defined single-member districts.

(B)    The demographic information shown on map S-39-00-14 is as follows:

District    Pop        Dev.    %Dev.    NH_Wht %NH_Wht    NH_Blk    %NH_Blk    VAP

1        3,557         135    3.95%        1,447        40.68%    2,021    56.82%        2,853

2        3,307    -115    -3.36%        2,146        64.89%    1,092    33.02%        2,726

3        3,334        -88        -2.57%        999        29.96%    2,286    68.57%        2,583

4        3,507        85    2.48%        882        25.15%    2,583    73.65%        2,700

5        3,433        11    0.32%        1,081        31.49%    2,291    66.73%        2,539

6        3,410        -12    -0.35%        1,168        34.25%    2,056    60.29%        2,520

7        3,408        -14    -0.41%        1,375        40.35%    1,907    55.96%        2,604

TOTAL:    23,956                            9,098                    14,236                    18,525

District NHWVAP        %NHWVAP        NHBVAP    %NHBVAP    All Oth    AllOthVAP

1        1,216                42.62%            1,582            55.45%        89            55

2        1,843                67.61%            832            30.52%        69            51

3        801                31.01%            1,753            67.87%        49            29

4        737                27.30%            1,930            71.48%        42            33

5        934                36.79%            1,559            61.40%        61            46

6        979                38.85%            1,414            56.11%        186            127

7        1,156                44.39%            1,366            52.46%        126            82

TOTAL    7,666                                10,436                            622            423"

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.